Editorials Question Pentagon Defense Contractor Profits
The Pentagon buying chief Barry Shillito testifies that a Navy officer said a rear admiral agreed to pay 134 million in claims to Lockheed subsidiaries without confirming legal obligation. He calls the payment tens of millions and worries over loans and guarantees to Lockheed. He cites defense contractor profits and urges restraint in taxpayer money.
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Chicago
Atlanta
Long Beach
Washington, D.C
Barry Shillito
Pentagon
House
Senate
Navy
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Shillito
Lockheed
United States
General Accounting Office
Start-early education plan by California’s Riles is proposed
California Superintendent Wilson Riles advocates starting children in school a year earlier and finishing high school sooner, followed by a year off for travel or work and then college. The proposal hinges on college acceptance and junior colleges bearing some costs, with taxpayers eventually funding the expansion.
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Wilson Riles
California
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Riles
Hospital room cost forecast cited by editors
The American Hospital Association estimates hospital room costs will average about $100 daily in four years. Rockford area hospitals report similar rising charges as costs continue to climb and affect patient care budgets.
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American Hospital Associaton
Rockford
Senate
Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
America Hospital Association
Books in Review: Horses in the Green Valley and The First Flower People
This brief roundup highlights two new titles. Horses in the Green Valley by Vian Smith surveys farm circus and barge horses with a warm, literary gaze. The First Flower People by Ralph S Solecki explores ancient Kurdish burial rites against a backdrop of Neanderthal emotion and early humanity. The column then shifts to a healthcare note on rising hospital costs and doctor shortages impacting patient care.
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Green Valley
Vian Smith
Doubleday
Ralph S. Solecki
Knopf
Sherlock Halmsian
Inck
Solecki
Letters to the editor range from polling claims to public notices
A reader calls for proof of fake polls and urges disclosure to AAPOR and Western View Point records. Other letters thank reporters for coverage of a benefit for Danny Flores, criticize front page gossip about Miss Timberlake, and contest high school contest awards and a relative of the President.
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Press-Telegram
Juuale E. Swan
Bob D. Caren
AAPOR
American Association of Public Opinion Research
Pacific
Organization
Western View Point
Long Beach
Jack W. Bentley
Danny
Danny Flores
Rochelle’s
Convention Center
Frank Anderson
Todd Thomey
Stan Leppard
Mary Carlton
Ron Carlson
Los Alamitos
Gilruth
Blade
Ucla
Rolling Hills High
Wilson High
Bellflower
Rolling Hills
Wilson
Tehachapi
San Marino
Melissa Blaylock
Miss K. Timberlake
Nixon
NEA Faces Staff Union Fight Reveals Shifting Teaching Trade
The National Education Association and its staff union NEASO clash over a renewed contract. NEASO seeks wage reclassifications from seven to eight pay groups, hefty salary scales, extended paid leave, sabbatical rights, travel and moving benefits, and a four day work week. The dispute underscores militant trends within teaching unions and hints at future demands on school boards.
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Washington
National Education Association
NEA
Aftcio
Fice
National Education Association Staff Organization
NEASO
June Bride Gossip Turns Satirical Society Page
The piece lampoons a June wedding between Abigail Buttress of Pale Vale and Robert Bent Brigham of Brisk Breeches Minnesota. It skewers family eccentricities, heritage trappings, and postnuptial life amid consumerism and domestic bustle, revealing sharp humor about modern marriage and wealth.
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Abigail Concannon Buttress
Walter Osgood Buttress
Pale Vale
Sweetgum Bay
Robert Vict Or
Scott Epsom Bent Brigham
Brant Brock Brigham
Brisk Breeches
Minn
Miss Agatha Bat Brigham
U.S.A
Robert
Victor Seat Epsom Bent Brigham
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Rockford Register-Star
Ispatchim
James J
Moon
Spoon
Soon
Society Pages
Pinkerton
Coctor
Brigham
Jengih
Paris
Venice
Russell Baker
NEW York Times News Service
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